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> just because you're a foreign company, what are you supposed to do then? Most foreign companies aren't considered bad actors. We are talking about 1) the ol
by reitanqild 8y ago
> just because you're a foreign company, what are you supposed to do then?
Most foreign companies aren't considered bad actors.
We are talking about 1) the old Microsoft here - definitely a bad actor - getting rid of it seems to have been refreshing even for Microsoft shareholders.
- 2) Google, a company we many of us loved at some point but who might now be in need of some refreshing at least in some areas.
- AnthonyMouse 8y ago> Most foreign companies aren't considered bad actors. Google wasn't considered a bad actor until then they were. > the old Microsoft here - definitely a bad actor - getting rid of it seems to have been refreshing even for Microsoft shareholders. The old Microsoft deserved everything they got and then some. But even then, it would have been nice for the penalties to be more "actually effective in increasing competition in PC desktop operating systems" and less "suspiciously convenient transfer of large sums of money."
- reitanqild 8y ago> Google wasn't considered a bad actor until then they were. The alternative (where they are considered a bad actor before they were) seems a lot worse ;-) I think EU might even have cut them a good slack here based on their previous status as good guys. > and less "suspiciously convenient transfer of large sums of money." In a EU perspective I think we'll find this doesn't matter much to them.